How to detect cheating?

There comes a point where a cheater's opponents can recognize they're playing against a computer, I almost always know when a player is playing only computer moves.

When I was around 2000 rapid I played against cheaters one in 5 times, when i filtered out provisional ratings it dipped down to about 1 in 15, still an abnormal amount. I got out and moved out, I'd probably gotten at least 100 rating points back for cheat compensation during that time. It kind of tells me that at about that rating cheaters get caught by lichess autodetect and people start to understand when players don't play human moves.

Of course I'm not always right, but the report function exists for a reason, so we can use it move on. Anyways, once i reached the 2200 range i've almost never had to deal with a cheater.

The hardest part of cheating is when a good player starts cheating. If a player is good enough to understand when a game has reached a critical moment, then can turn on the engine for only a couple moves in the game and still get a lot of wins. One can hope that such players start sliding down the slippery slope and start using the engine more so they're easier to detect.

Also regarding the current drama in the thread, if someone really has such an attachment to the number next to their name on a screen i would seriously consider your imagine of yourself. I sort understand why someone would cheat in real life, but online? How pathetic you must be to care about your online rating to such a extent. If your ego is so thin you have to pad it by using an engine against anonymous players online might I propose that that may be the reason you cant get a girlfriend.

@EXOprimal rofl. We must understand that criminals hide behind a cloak of false supremacy to hide their inadequacy. They can't face the truth nor their own silly faces.

Like you said, we have had famous chess cheats in real life.. Who won nice prize money and became GMs too but they were caught due to their own arrogance and stupidity. Forget about realizing what's a good move or not, they don't even know how far to push their luck!

Cheaters will reach points where they have to play super-human moves or lose the game. You cannot cheat and hide forever. At least not now.

So, just relax. In the long run they get caught.

PS: as I pointed out somewhere else an additional anti-cheating measure is forcing the players to join with their real name like „titled-only“ competitions.

If you made mistake engines play fast or very slow ( slow 99% more weaker engines )
normally engines don't play quickly

Hi... been baned for cheating cause my younger brother use my acc to play few games with engine help. I reported game myself asking moderators to return oponents lost points and as a result I have beeb baned.

@Templarski

The „younger brother cheated“ belongs to the top10 of all excuses.

If you don’t know now you know.

But in my case it is. He still use it playing against comp. He is still kid and have a lot to learn about life and chess. Im 43 years old. Playing chess for over 35 years.

@LorenzoOfficialITA

No public accusations please. ;)
Report and let the proper people (or Irwin) handle it.

@Templarski

He HAS learned enough about cheating though, it seems. Still a bad excuse.

Well. I m not trying to excuse him, or me. Just telling the truth. But the cheating will always exist. That s the freedom of choise. Someone will someone will not. Enyoj in this great game and try to play with humans in RL as much as u can. There is strong social components too. Sry for bad eng. GL to you all.